CRUX | YAOUNDÈ, Cameroon – A leading Catholic figure says Cameroon’s civil war – now in its sixth year – has become “about money.” Father Humphrey Tatah Mbuy, the head of the communications department of the bishops’ conference, told a local television station on Oct. 2 that “when money is …
Read More »Cameroon’s Separatists Say Splinter Groups Kill, Abduct Fighters
VOA | YAOUNDE, CAMEROON — Cameroon’s English-speaking separatists have for the first time acknowledged deadly clashes between splinter rebel groups. In a video circulated Saturday on social media platforms, Cameron’s English-speaking fighters say they have freed several civilians abducted by rebels. The fighters presented two people who said in the …
Read More »Crise anglophone : l’armée reconnaît avoir tué deux civils dans le Nord-
Anadolu Agency | Le ministère camerounais de la Défense a annoncé, mercredi, que deux civils ont été tués lundi par des militaires ayant violé les consignes de l’armée dans le Nord-Ouest anglophone du pays. « Un incident malheureux a provoqué la mort de deux civils dans le village (de) Nylbat-Andek …
Read More »Diocese of Mamfe reeling from brutal attack on parish by gunmen.
Vatican News | The attack on the Catholic Church of Saint Mary’s in the village of Nchang, Diocese of Mamfe, represents an “atrocious act,” say the Bishops of the Bamenda Ecclesiastical Province. Gunmen, on 16 September, attacked St. Mary’s Catholic Nchang Parish in Mamfe and set it on fire. They …
Read More »Catholic church burned, priests and religious sister kidnapped in war-torn Cameroon
Catholic News Agency | Gunmen set a Catholic church on fire and kidnapped five priests, one religious sister and two lay people in western Cameroon, where a civil war has been raging since 2017. The Catholic bishops of the Bamenda Ecclesiastical Province released a statement following the September 16 attack …
Read More »Cameroon Says Thousands of Homes Destroyed by Floods
VOA | MOKOLO, CAMEROON — In Cameroon, officials say weeks of flooding along its northern borders with Chad and Nigeria have swept away entire villages, leaving thousands of people homeless. Aid efforts are underway with many schools, mosques and churches providing temporary shelter. Heavy rains fall in Mokolo, a business …
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